Five Things Diners Won't Tell You

2/5/2013 5:59PM

Diners have been part of the American way of life for more than a century. But these restaurants are losing their popularity. MarketWatch's Christopher Noble discusses five things that your diner probably isn't telling you. (Photo: AP)

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I ... the the ... a kid I are staying honest with you ... think again ... Chris Noble for MarketWatch in sentences go here to talk but if you think you're dying of oh isn't the ... first of all of Cider's maybe Potter movies and other kinds of popular culture they're actually not that popular among consumers a ... lot of them are closing ... in one of the reasons is that people are more much were interested in this or the chef centric the big name chefs are very popular ... another thing is that diners are competing more and more with fast food restaurants fast casual restaurants like ... all day and Panera ... another thing diners and I like it I is that they think a lot of shortcuts mcrook here ... the truth that they don't call the code to work and on a shorter works for nothing ... another thing that diners are not likely to tell you is that if you want eat healthy ... or not the place to go ... Dynegy's alive have the facts because ... a lot of those on the same place and so as a result sometimes with the eggs ... you can get double the calorie counts of committing yourself ... another thing to think about is the one of the main reasons that we go to Diner says cuz they're open all night ... but increasingly refining in big cities in particular the open all night diner can be a real security risk for the diners and ... to combat this ... diners are having a higher security ... or even close between two am and six am in the last thing is that if you really want I really just cook it yourself at home ... all these meals that diners are designed to be simple ... home style food ... Mr. guarantee that go buy a cup but ... you get to work ...